One UI 8.5 is extending Samsung’s Camera Assistant tools to a significantly broader range of mid-range Galaxy phones and tablets, bringing granular image-processing controls to devices that previously lacked them.
Camera Assistant sits alongside the default camera app and gives users direct control over how Samsung’s image processing operates, covering options including automatic lens switching, softening levels, manual shutter speed, Auto HDR toggles, HDR10+ video recording, and custom timer frame capture counts.
Samsung had previously expanded Camera Assistant support to the Galaxy A5x line, covering models from the A52 through to the A56 and the recently launched A57, but the One UI 8.5 rollout pushes compatibility considerably further down the hardware range.
The newly supported phones include the Galaxy A34, A35, A36, and A37, alongside the Galaxy M34, M35, and M36, while tablet support now extends across the Galaxy Tab S8, Galaxy Tab S9, Tab S10, and Tab S11 series in their standard, FE, Plus, and Ultra configurations.
That breadth of tablet support is notable given how infrequently Samsung has historically aligned its software feature rollouts across both phone and tablet lines at the same time, with tablet users often waiting considerably longer for parity updates following initial phone-side launches.
Not every device in the newly supported roster will receive the full Camera Assistant feature set, as Samsung has noted that hardware limitations on lower-end models mean some advanced image processing options and higher-end sensor controls will remain exclusive to flagship hardware, regardless of the software update.
Samsung has not confirmed a precise timeline for when Camera Assistant will reach every device on the newly expanded compatibility list, as One UI 8.5 rollouts have historically been distributed in waves across regions rather than arriving simultaneously on all supported hardware.
The Camera Assistant expansion arrives as part of the broader One UI 8.5 rollout, which Samsung has been distributing across its device range following the initial release on flagship models earlier this year.
